Table 1 Ferroptosis-targeted therapeutics in clinical trials.

From: Harnessing ferroptosis to transform glioblastoma therapy and surmount treatment resistance

Drugs

Targets

Ferroptosis

Trial No

Phase

Disease condition

Status

Altretamine

GPX4

Inducer

NCT00002936

I

Lymphoma and Sarcoma

Completed

Withaferin A

NCT00689195

I/II

Advanced osteosarcoma

Recruiting

NCT05610735

I/II

Recurrent ovarian cancer

Recruiting

Gemcitabine

NCT06015659

II

Pancreatic cancer

Recruiting

NCT05147272

I

Advanced solid tumor

Active, not recruiting

Neratinib

Iron activator

Inducer

NCT03377387

I/II

Metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer

Active, not recruiting

NCT04366713

II

HER2 amplified breast cancer

Completed

Atorvastatin

HMGCR

NCT00816244

II

Postmenopausal breast cancer

Completed

Fluvastatin

NCT00416403

II

Ductal carcinoma,

Stage-I breast cancer

Completed

Simvastatin

NCT03454529

II

Stage-I/II breast cancer

Completed

Cisplatin

GSH depletion

Inducer

NCT04574960

III

Upper tract invasive cancer

Recruiting

Buthionine Sulfoximine

NCT00002730

I

Neuroblastoma

Completed

NCT00005835

I

Resistant or recurrent high-risk neuroblastoma

Completed

Acetaminophen

NCT01783236

IV

Lung tumor

Completed

Sorafenib

Cysteine transporter

NCT02559778

II

Advanced neuroblastoma

Recruiting

NCT00449033

III

Stage-IV non-small cell lung cancer

Completed

NCT01371981

III

Newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia

Active, not recruiting

NCT01203787

IV

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Completed

NCT00064350

II

Refractory non-small cell lung cancer

Completed

NCT03247088

I/II

Recurrent or refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Active, not recruiting

NCT02069145

I

Hepatocellular cancer

Completed

Sulfasalazine

NCT03847311

II

Breast cancer

Completed

NCT04205357

I

Recurrent glioblastoma

Completed

NCT01577966

NA

Glioma

Completed

Temozolomide

NCT01781403

I

Rectal cancer

Completed

NCT04091503

I

Glioblastoma

Completed

DNMT

NCT00022711

II

Relapsed or progressive small cell lung cancer

Completed

NCT05128734

II

Triple negative breast cancer

Not yet recruiting

Leflunomide

DHODH

Inducer

NCT06454383

I

Advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer

Recruiting

NCT05937191

I/II

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

Recruiting

NCT00003775

II

Anaplastic astrocytoma

Completed

NCT06540937

II

MEN-1 neuroendocrine tumor

Recruiting

NCT05007678

III

COVID-19

Completed

Brequinar

NCT04575038

II

COVID-19

Completed

Edaravone

Radical-trapping antioxidants

Inducer

NCT00415519

III

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Completed

NCT00200356

IV

Acute ischemic stroke

Completed

NCT00265239

IV

Acute myocardial infarction

Completed

NCT01865201

II

Temporal lobe necrosis

Completed

NCT02430350

III

Acute ischemic stroke

Completed

Promethazine

NCT04805073

IV

Pruritus

Completed

Menaquinone-4

NCT00548509

IV

Bone turnover

Completed

NCT00960973

IV

Glucose metabolism

Completed

Artesunate

ROS, NCOA4 and FTH1

NCT02633098

II

Stage-II/ III colorectal cancer

Recruiting

NCT00764036

I

Metastatic breast cancer

Completed

Rosiglitazone

ACSL4

Inhibitor

NCT04114136

II

Solid tumor malignancies

Recruiting

   

NCT00309309

II

Kidney transplant

Completed

   

NCT00492700

II

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Completed

   

NCT00688207

I

Mild Alzheimer’s disease

Completed

   

NCT00004180

II

Liposarcoma

Completed

   

NCT00367744

II

HIV-1

Completed

   

NCT00065065

II

Ulcerative colitis

Completed

   

NCT00182052

III

Androgen dependent prostate cancer

Completed

Zileuton

ALOX5

 

NCT01136941

I

Sickle cell disease

Completed

   

NCT00070486

II

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Completed

   

NCT00056004

II

Bronchial dysplasia

Completed

   

NCT02348203

II

Biomarker expression in nasal tissue

Completed

   

NCT02348203

II

Nasal tissue of current smokers

Completed

Terameprocol

Pan LOXs

 

NCT02575794

I

High-grade glioma

Completed

Tetra-O-Methyl Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid

  

NCT00404248

I/II

Recurrent high-grade glioma

Completed

DXZ

Iron chelator

 

NCT03589729

II

Blood cancers

Recruiting

Deferasirox

  

NCT03387475

II

Low-risk MDS resistant or relapsing after ESA agents

Completed

Deferiprone

  

NCT05604131

II

Acute myocardial infarction

Recruiting

Deferoxamine

  

NCT00800761

IV

Cardiac disease in thalassemia

Completed

   

NCT00777140

II

Middle cerebral artery occlusion

Completed

   

NCT04633889

II

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

Completed

   

NCT04566991

II

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Recruiting

Mifepristone

GSH-synthesis

Inhibitor

NCT03015701

III

Meningioma

Completed

   

NCT01419535

I/II

Glucose intolerance

Completed

   

NCT00255177

II

Hepatitis C

Completed

   

NCT00140478

II

Androgen independent prostate cancer

Completed

   

NCT03015701

III

Meningioma

Completed

NAC

  

NCT00775476

II

Systemic lupus Erythematosus

Recruiting

   

NCT03306979

II

Vascular impairment

Completed

   

NCT05241262

I

m.3243A>G mutation

Recruiting

   

NCT05287724

Early phase-I

Prurogenic stimuli

Completed

   

NCT04481048

II

Neurofibromatosis type 1

Active, not recruiting

   

NCT05122559

II

Progressive multiple sclerosis

Recruiting